Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Descartes Meditiations 1 God Robert Dotto
Yet again Descartes brings up God only to be broad and contradictive. First he says he is unsure if God is trustworthy, and then later he says that God is good. It seems quite possible that Descartes feared persecution by the church for his nonconfromist ideas and decided to throw in a compliment to the "guy upstairs" in order to cover himself. How can you question someone's integrity, and trustoworthiness, yet say he is a good guy? I suppose you can, but in a "logical path to finding true knowledge" like he set out to do, it doesn't seem to add up.
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I think the reason Decartes and others believe God to be good, but at times are unsure if God is trustworthy is because sometimes there seems to be no reason for someone's death or cause of accident in life. However, God is good in that he provides solace to people. Knowing that there is a place to go after death evokes a sense of security and comfort to people.
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